Author: Hunter

  • I got my Switch 2 preorder the old-fashioned way: lining up at GameStop

    Switch 2 preorders are sold out online everywhere. But some people have managed to snag one using once conventional but now antiquated means: going to GameStop and preordering one in store.  In addition to offering online preorders for the Switch 2, its Mario Kart World bundle, and the various Switch 2 accessories, GameStop also allowed… Read more

  • Intel’s new CEO signals streamlining efforts but does not spell out exact layoff numbers

    Lip-Bu Tan, the new CEO of Intel, sent out a blunt message to employees saying the company has to reorganize to be more efficient.Read More Read more

  • Intel will require four-day office work week as it aims to ‘flatten organization’

    Today is Intel’s Q1 2025 earnings call, and the first we’re truly hearing from new Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who took over the company on March 18th. But he didn’t wait until the call to announce major changes at Intel, nor did he begin his reign by laying off 20 percent of the company’s employees,… Read more

  • The Switch 2’s GameCube controller costs $64.99

    Nintendo’s GameCube controller for the Switch 2 will cost $64.99, according to the controller’s listing on the company’s website. The controller releases on June 5th, the same day as the Switch 2, but Nintendo will be making it available to order ahead of that date. Initially, the controller will be available to buy from May… Read more

  • Does AI Deserve Worker Rights?

    Companies around the globe are developing artificial intelligence (AI) applications with the goal of improving productivity, enhancing customer satisfaction, and boosting profitability. In many cases, adopting AI agents will mean replacing human workers for some tasks. But that raises a question: Should AI be given worker protections and rights? At least one major AI company… Read more

  • Bowers & Wilkins upgraded our pick for the best sounding wireless headphones

    Bowers & Wilkins’ new PX7 S3 are slimmer than the S2e, and include a smaller carrying case. | Image: Bowers & Wilkins We called Bowers & Wilkins’ PX7 S2e the “best-sounding wireless headphones” in our  noise-canceling headphones buyer’s guide, but the company’s latest could be a new contender for that title. Bowers & Wilkins says… Read more

  • Supabase’s $200M Raise Signals Big Ambitions

    Supabase has announced a $200 million Series D funding round led by Accel, with participation from Coatue, Y Combinator, Craft Ventures, and longtime investor Felicis. The post-money valuation for Supabase is reported to be around the $2 billion mark, as reported by Fortune.  The funding comes seven months after a $80 million round led by… Read more

  • Trump updates Biden’s robo-car crash reporting rule to benefit Tesla

    In a surprise move, President Trump’s transportation department has decided to keep the Biden-era rule requiring automakers and tech companies to report crashes that involve fully or partially autonomous vehicles. But they’re making a few changes that are likely to have a big impact on one company. In 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued… Read more

  • Meta AI Releases Web-SSL: A Scalable and Language-Free Approach to Visual Representation Learning

    In recent years, contrastive language-image models such as CLIP have established themselves as a default choice for learning vision representations, particularly in multimodal applications like Visual Question Answering (VQA) and document understanding. These models leverage large-scale image-text pairs to incorporate semantic grounding via language supervision. However, this reliance on text introduces both conceptual and practical… Read more

  • Netflix rolls out dialogue-only subtitles

    The subtitles are available with newer Netflix originals, like season 5 of You. Netflix is rolling out a new subtitle option that shows just spoken dialogue. Before this change, Netflix offered Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (SDH/CC), which show spoken dialogue along with speaker names and descriptions of sounds, such as “[phone… Read more